Killing of corps members: NYSC DG blames state govs

Vanguard

27 April 2011

Killing of corps members: NYSC DG blames state govs

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The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier-General Ismaila Tsiga, yesterday, berated governors in Northern states where corps members were killed in post-presidential election violence, penultimate weekend, and said he was ready to quit.

Speaking on an African Independent Television, AIT, programme, monitored in Abuja, the D-G said governors of states where the corps members were killed, failed in their responsibilities of protecting the young graduates posted to assist in the development of their states.

He lamented that some governors never cared to provide even the most basic facilities and also failed to protect the helpless young men and women posted to their states to render free service in the scheme designed to strengthen national unity and accelerated development in their greatest time of need.

Responding to calls for him to quit, the general said the safety and welfare of corps members were uppermost on his mind and that he was ready to quit if that would make a difference.